Usability expert Todd Zaki Warfel is writing a new book on prototyping called "A Practicioner's Guide to Prototyping" with an expected release date of Spring 2008. Chapter One of the book has been posted online.
"A Practitioner's Guide to Prototyping will take a hands-on approach, enabling you to develop prototypes with minimal muss and fuss. The book will discuss how prototypes are more than just a design tool by demonstrating how they can help you market a product, gain internal buy-in, and test feasibility with your development team."
In Chapter One, Todd discusses The Benefits of Prototyping:
- Communicating a design concept
- Making design decisions
- Testing design concepts
Todd Zaki Warfel is a founding partner at Messagefirst, where he focuses on design-research for consumer and b2b products. A recognized leader in the design-research and usability fields, Todd speaks regularly at universities and industry conferences and contributes to industry publications.
Todd currently lives in Philadelphia and blogs at toddwarfel.com.
Chapter One of the book can be found at http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/prototyping/content/sample_chapter/.